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Last month, multiple school districts made plans to make masks optional in schools, but many have reversed course amid rising COVID-19 cases.

A nearly identical bill unanimously passed the Illinois House and Senate last year, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker vetoed it. Now environmental groups are starting the whole process over.

Some St. Louis restaurants have stopped indoor dining, others have paused service, and museums have closed their doors as the omicron variant spreads across St. Louis.

The coal ash basins at Labadie Energy Center contain 15 million cubic yards of waste, the largest volume of Ameren’s four coal-fired power plants in Missouri.

Gov. Pritzker said the state is bolstering its health care workforce by deploying more workers and allowing out-of-state health care providers to continue practicing in Illinois with expanded permissions to care for all patients.

The Biden administration announced Friday that Americans can begin ordering free at-home COVID-19 tests starting Jan. 19. Orders can be placed using the website COVIDtests.gov.

The move was part of a series of steps the agency said it would take to protect communities from harmful coal ash contamination.

St. Louis-area educators struggle to staff classrooms amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases stemming from the highly contagious Omicron variant.

St. Louis Public Radio seeks a part-time/on-call announcer to join the station. We’re looking for someone who wants to share their authentic voice with STLPR listeners, and who can do so with demonstrated preparation, precision and sincerity.

The St. Louis Democrat also provided her opinion on congressional redistricting, which is expected to dominate the first part of the 2022 legislative session.

Many are small for their age — a sign of a growing crisis of malnutrition. Government mismanagement is to blame, say political analysts. And there could be lifelong impacts for these children.

Zamzama “ZZ” Safi discusses her life in St. Louis, where she settled after fleeing Afghanistan five months ago.